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Andrew A.  Krakow
 
  1948-1990
  Researched by Judith Borke,
  Wisconsin
Conservation Warden Museum

 Andrew A. Krakow, conservation warden at Montello, was assisting the Marquette County Sheriff's
  Department with a domestic disturbance call on June 5, 1990 when he was killed
  by a 13-year-old boy. He was the first responding officer to arrive at the
  scene after the boy threatened to kill his mother with a
gun.

 The  previous week, police picked the boy up after he ran away from home, and his
  parents began feeling threatened by him. On June 5, the youth threatened his
  mother, at which time she called the sheriff's office and barricaded herself in
  their home. The boy drove a pick-up truck to his grandparents' home, where he
  apparently went to get a rifle. Krakow advised officers by radio about
  11:00 a.m. that he had located the truck, and as he arrived at the house, was
  shot by the youth before he could get out of his squad car or defend himself.
  Sheriff Department deputies arrived in time to see the boy drop the weapon and
  run. He was chased on foot and captured. He was later sentenced to confinement
  at Lincoln Hills School for Boys near Merrill until 25 years of
age.

 Krakow was born in Washington, D.C. on September 12, 1948. He attended graded and high schools in
  Fall River, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
  Point in 1971 with a forestry degree. He joined the Department of Natural
  Resources warden service on January 5, 1976, and served at Delavan and
  Wausaukee before arriving at Montello in August,
1988.

 Krakow, 41, was well-liked and respected by his collegues and the communities in which he
  served. About 270 law enforcement officers from 80 agencies across the Midwest,
  and 160 wardens from Wisconsin, the Midwest and Canada, were among the 1,000
  people who attended his funeral at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in
  Montello. He was survived by his wife Jill and his children, Angela, 14, and
  Travis, 11.

 Memorials
  to Andy Krakow are numerous:


 1.      The  Andrew Krakow Memorial at Montello Ranger Station, established in 1990,
consisting of a granite marker, maple tree and flag pole with plaque, given by
family members, school children and Bond's Auto Body; 
 

2.       The Andy Krakow Memorial at Fall River City Park, established in 1990, a
granite marker and red maple tree given by his father and a friend; 
 

3.       Andy Krakow Memorial at Wausaukee Ranger Station,
1992, a granite marker inscribed with his name and likeness, given by the
citizens of Wausaukee and Marinette County;


4.      Andrew  Krakow Memorial Public Fishing Area in Montello
at the Fox River Dam by Highway 22, 1993, consisting of a public fishing area
with handicapped access pier, parking and picnicking areas, provided by the City
of Montello and the DNR;


5.        The Wisconsin Conservation Warden Association-Andrew A. Krakow Memorial
Scholarship
, given annually to a junior or senior-year student at UW-Stevens
Point majoring in a natural resources field, with preference toward those
minoring in law enforcement; and


6.     Inscription of Andrew Krakow's name at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
in Washington D.C., the American Police Hall of Fame Memorial Wall in Miami, FL,
  and the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial on the State Capitol grounds in
  Madison, WI. 

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